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if panama got control of the panama canal, that wnning of a bloody end for america. this worked great for ronald reagan in political terms. this was one of the main issues he rode to power on in the 1970s. even as people in his own party, even his own friends, saw what he was doing as disgusting and craven and bad for the country. quoting from a book about this chapter of history that i wrote, while william f. buckley and america's beloved tough guy, john wayne, yes that john wayne, campaigned full on for the rat faction of the treaty, reagan said the loss of the panama canal would contribute to encirclement of the united states by hostile naval forces and thereby threaten our ability to survive. even after john wayne sent reagan a private and personal note offering to show him point by goddamn point in the treaty where you are misinforming people and offering fair warning that's it's time for him to shut his pie hole, if you continue to publish these remarks, someone will release the letter saying that you're not as thorough in your reviewing of this or you're damne
if panama got control of the panama canal, that wnning of a bloody end for america. this worked great for ronald reagan in political terms. this was one of the main issues he rode to power on in the 1970s. even as people in his own party, even his own friends, saw what he was doing as disgusting and craven and bad for the country. quoting from a book about this chapter of history that i wrote, while william f. buckley and america's beloved tough guy, john wayne, yes that john wayne, campaigned...
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their idea, roughly speaking, is we need to invade panama and talk the panama canal back because obviously, communists or something. the panama canal and up all night hair on fire fantasies about communists coming up the canal to come get us in the middle of the night, those have been around for a while, in the 1970s and the 1980s. the panama canal was the fast and furious, birth certificate, the president is a secret muslim conspiracy theory of its day. when that panama canal conspiracy theory was lighting up the tin foil hats of the generation ago, it was an ambition politician named ronal reagan who took that issue from the fringe and decide today mainstream it into national mainstream republican politics. he based his presidential campaign in part on this insane idea that the panama canal was basically an american state that we can't let the communists steal this american thing from us. he mainstreamed this paranoid far right fantasy that if we went along with our treaty obligations to let panama run its own canal, then america would seize to exist. we would be destroyed as a nation. i
their idea, roughly speaking, is we need to invade panama and talk the panama canal back because obviously, communists or something. the panama canal and up all night hair on fire fantasies about communists coming up the canal to come get us in the middle of the night, those have been around for a while, in the 1970s and the 1980s. the panama canal was the fast and furious, birth certificate, the president is a secret muslim conspiracy theory of its day. when that panama canal conspiracy theory...
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panama dictator manuel noriega was sentenced for drug trafficking and miami on the payroll of the cia and graduate of the school of america as noriega has become notorious for representing one of the most serious foreign policy failures for the united states and as the u.s. war on drugs drags on into its fourth decade it looks like little has actually been achieved and the crack down violence rages on in latin america the demand for drugs still remains and while brutal drug cartels stay in power u.s. prisons are filling up with nonviolent drug offenders. so what will it take for the u.s. to change its failed foreign policy and latin america and rethink the war on drugs to discuss this nico to gama field organizer for the school of americas watch joins us now welcome nico so it's been twenty years since noriega sentencing you know he's become this failure this symbol of failure of u.s. foreign policy he worked with the cia he was educated here in the u.s. in georgia so let's talk more about this at the school of america as and where it stands today well as you said men will know diego
panama dictator manuel noriega was sentenced for drug trafficking and miami on the payroll of the cia and graduate of the school of america as noriega has become notorious for representing one of the most serious foreign policy failures for the united states and as the u.s. war on drugs drags on into its fourth decade it looks like little has actually been achieved and the crack down violence rages on in latin america the demand for drugs still remains and while brutal drug cartels stay in...
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. >> brown: from panama, the story of a tug-of-war in the rain forest between a canadian mining company and the local community. >> is building what would be one of the biggest compromises in the world. right in the middle of the rain forest. home to thousands of animal and plant species. some of them endangered. >> ifill: and we close with a mystery about an electric guitar that just might be the same one bob dylan played at the 1965 newport folk festival. it's rock and roll history. we'd love to see his guitar to either learn if we made a mistake and how we made the mistake or if we have the real thing. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you.
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panama dictator manuel noriega was sentenced for drug trafficking in miami on the peril of the cia and graduate of the school of america as noriega has become notorious for representing representing one of the most serious foreign policy failures for the united states and as the us is a war on drugs drags into its fourth decade it looks like a little has actually been achieved and the crackdown violence rages on in latin america that a man for drugs still remains and while brutal drug cartels stay in power u.s. prisons are filling up with nonviolent drug offenders so what will it take for the u.s. to change its failed foreign policy and latin america and rethink the war on drugs to discuss this nico he's the field organizer for the school of americas watch he joined us earlier today take a lesson. the men will know diego was trained at the u.s. army school of the americas which is a military training institution for latin american officials and soldiers it was actually set up in one hundred forty six in panama later was moved in one thousand nine hundred eighty two to four benning geor
panama dictator manuel noriega was sentenced for drug trafficking in miami on the peril of the cia and graduate of the school of america as noriega has become notorious for representing representing one of the most serious foreign policy failures for the united states and as the us is a war on drugs drags into its fourth decade it looks like a little has actually been achieved and the crackdown violence rages on in latin america that a man for drugs still remains and while brutal drug cartels...
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if you're watching us on news channel 7, panama city, florida, learn about the science of motion at 12 hands-on stations including one of billing a downhill racer that rolls, drops, and bounces at the science of discovery center. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. well, charlie sheen is giving a million dollar to the uso. that's the largest donation ever. charlie also says 1% of his profits from his new show "anger management" will go to support the organization. >>> beyonce has recorded a video reading a letter she wrote michelle obama praising her this year of a strong example of a strong african-american woman. >>> reports say jennifer lopez and steven tyler were both actually fired by "american idol," but allowed to spin it as if they left by choice. perez hilton quotes sources who say lopez asked for a $2 million raise -- i believe that -- and was shocked to be told instead she's going to be let go. >> i wanted to be at that meeting. >> with tyler, his option
if you're watching us on news channel 7, panama city, florida, learn about the science of motion at 12 hands-on stations including one of billing a downhill racer that rolls, drops, and bounces at the science of discovery center. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. well, charlie sheen is giving a million dollar to the uso. that's the largest donation...
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y despuÉs lo estarÁn recibiendo, hasta aquÍ los mejores deseos para encontrar a panamÁ. >> ¿quÉ tal? >> muchÍsimo Éxito y ojalÁ que alguien le pueda ayudar con el reencuentro. >> seguida se someten a inyecciones de silicona para la humedad. >> el hoy en noticias univision 14 a las seis...en oakland se investiga el homicidio de una mujer que fue hallada sin vida en el interior de un motel......la ciudad de richmond tambien fue golpeada por la violencia... a plena luz del dia se registraron dos homicidios.....--miles de hispanos seran compensados despues de encontrarse evidencia de que, al parecer, fueron victimas de prestamos discriminatorios por parte de un banco...el departamento de ice... tomo accion contra empresas que enganan a sus clientes dandoles gatos por liebres.... en otras palabras mercancia falsa. es muy probable que muchas direcciones electronicas y contraseÑas fueron robadas..... le diremos porque...si usted quiere dormir como un angelito le diremos cuales son los alimentos que podria consumir antes de irse a la cama. pero sobre todo le diremos cuales son las alimen
y despuÉs lo estarÁn recibiendo, hasta aquÍ los mejores deseos para encontrar a panamÁ. >> ¿quÉ tal? >> muchÍsimo Éxito y ojalÁ que alguien le pueda ayudar con el reencuentro. >> seguida se someten a inyecciones de silicona para la humedad. >> el hoy en noticias univision 14 a las seis...en oakland se investiga el homicidio de una mujer que fue hallada sin vida en el interior de un motel......la ciudad de richmond tambien fue golpeada por la violencia... a plena...
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called our man in panama manuel noriega was on the cia payroll that he said from one thousand nine hundred six until his ouster by the us invasion in one thousand nine hundred nine and little has changed since then the us army school the americas has consistently graduated the worst human rights violators and eleven at least eleven dictators in latin america and what we as the school americas watch are saying is what is the purpose behind the training of these human rights violators who keep popping up from argentina. general be there was just sentenced for for kidnapping babies you know in colombia every drug traffickers a lot of the major generals were just recently cited as being in the payroll of the north the drug cartel. in mexico we're seeing the same thing as well the u.s. continues to prop up these human rights violators and the continues and as you just had mentioned this school graduates a lot of these people that end up being dictators and human rights violators of what is it about the school of america as that kind of pops out these these graduates that end up committing these
called our man in panama manuel noriega was on the cia payroll that he said from one thousand nine hundred six until his ouster by the us invasion in one thousand nine hundred nine and little has changed since then the us army school the americas has consistently graduated the worst human rights violators and eleven at least eleven dictators in latin america and what we as the school americas watch are saying is what is the purpose behind the training of these human rights violators who keep...
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she was towed all along the east coast, down along the gulf coast and even through the panama canal all of the way up the west coast to washington state and then back home. so she visited 76 different ports, over 4.5 million people got to see constitution in their home port during this time when our nation so needed something
she was towed all along the east coast, down along the gulf coast and even through the panama canal all of the way up the west coast to washington state and then back home. so she visited 76 different ports, over 4.5 million people got to see constitution in their home port during this time when our nation so needed something
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she was towed all along the east coast, down along the gulf coast and even through the panama
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forget he's also saying side three other trade agreements just at the end of last year with south korea panama and colombia on top of that members of congress are hinting at the next free trade agreement might be with tunisia and there's plenty of debate to be had as to whether or not free trade agreements are good or bad or whether outsourcing is good or bad are inevitable in a globalized economy and we're going to get into that during our first panel tonight but before we get there can we just say let's cut the crap let's stop only thinking in terms of left versus right and see what's actually in front of our eyes while mitt romney and barack obama certainly have their differences both of these men support free trade policies that do impact american workers and take more jobs abroad neither one is really. a champion for the american worker in those terms i'm happy that we could inject that into the discussion on sunday's show which by the way we will talk more about later on its night's program since as usual some people were just besides themselves that i a russian propagandist was allowed
forget he's also saying side three other trade agreements just at the end of last year with south korea panama and colombia on top of that members of congress are hinting at the next free trade agreement might be with tunisia and there's plenty of debate to be had as to whether or not free trade agreements are good or bad or whether outsourcing is good or bad are inevitable in a globalized economy and we're going to get into that during our first panel tonight but before we get there can we...
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treat, panama canal treaty. >> and talk about president kennedy during the three years as a presidential qualities that he had. >> he was one who certainly did learn from mistakes. i mean the cuban missile crisis handled so brilliantly in part because he learned from the mistakes of the bay of pigs. so he had a certain kind of rational intellectual ability to look at himself from the outside in, he also had a sense of humor, which means he could make self depractice a toir .. remarks, it is so missing in our culture today, if lincoln said you are two-faced mr. lyndon if i had two faces do you think i would be wearing this face? but i think, you know, jfk will still be in our memory because of the youth because of that period of time, the 60s opening up to civil rights, opening up to great changes this the role of government. the excitement of that time, there is only three years, i remember one time bobby kennedy was lamenting jfk had three years and my husband said, don't worry, bobby, julius sea star only had three years and bobby turned to him, yeah but it is nice if you have shakespe
treat, panama canal treaty. >> and talk about president kennedy during the three years as a presidential qualities that he had. >> he was one who certainly did learn from mistakes. i mean the cuban missile crisis handled so brilliantly in part because he learned from the mistakes of the bay of pigs. so he had a certain kind of rational intellectual ability to look at himself from the outside in, he also had a sense of humor, which means he could make self depractice a toir .....
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>> it's a small city at the end of panama canal and the other end is panama city and the other one is the heart of panama and the heart of latin america and it's a country, you know, that was battling against a dictator, brian, i mean, battling against the likes of, you know, castro and hugo chavez. and what i learned from my trip was, you know, united states is being pressured to accept castro, chavez and other dictators like characters in the summit of americas and here's an opportunity, i think, for the u.s. in terms of its policy to say we are not going to embrace dictators because they have consequence on real people like me and on my life, brian. >> and also the president did say, issued this agreement when he said we should talk to our enemies. he hasn't really. that's what he did talk about. why was it important to see where your dad came from? >> i think for me, it really gave me a chance to see first hand how far my father has come. you know, it was amazing to me when we went to a church where he was baptized and they had their gold cross stolen, the kind of desperateness of
>> it's a small city at the end of panama canal and the other end is panama city and the other one is the heart of panama and the heart of latin america and it's a country, you know, that was battling against a dictator, brian, i mean, battling against the likes of, you know, castro and hugo chavez. and what i learned from my trip was, you know, united states is being pressured to accept castro, chavez and other dictators like characters in the summit of americas and here's an...
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went to panama. went to bosnia. desert storm, of course. by the time 9/11 came, i had a lot of field time. and i had a lot of combat time as a bystander. usually as a terrified bystander. it was a little uncomfortable, because a lot of guys in the military had no exposure to war. there would ask me sometimes, "what is it like?" i had to say, i am not a soldier. i do not participate. i just watch it happen and write about it. then, of course, 9/11 came. we went to afghanistan and iraq. pretty soon, we have a whole generation of really combat hardened veterans. >> different organizations to work for? >> time magazine, when i was in africa. i worked at "the washington star" for a year before it collapsed. i went to the l.a. times and covered the pentagon. i worked for a small newspaper wire service in washington, a great job. it folded and i went to the baltimore sun. they laid me off when they were closing the washington bureau. i went to aol, a little website called "politics daily." the net merged with the huffington post, i went to the huf
went to panama. went to bosnia. desert storm, of course. by the time 9/11 came, i had a lot of field time. and i had a lot of combat time as a bystander. usually as a terrified bystander. it was a little uncomfortable, because a lot of guys in the military had no exposure to war. there would ask me sometimes, "what is it like?" i had to say, i am not a soldier. i do not participate. i just watch it happen and write about it. then, of course, 9/11 came. we went to afghanistan and iraq....
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capital came from foreign investors and the money actually came through corporations regist registered in panama which actually gave very preferential tax treatment. you didn't have to pay a whole lot of taxes. and so this story actually highlights the nebulous world of offshore accounts, tax perks for very wealthy folks that have been dogging mitt romney and his campaign now for a couple of weeks. >> there's the headline there of the article that you just mentioned, bain capital started with help of offshore investors. we should note here, of course, the romney campaign responding today, their response, here it is in part, quote, president obama's own jobs council advocating more foreign direct investment in the u.s. to help grow the economy, something president obama himself has been unable to do, as illustrated by the recent downgrades in gdp forecast. how these investors chose to invest is their decision, not bain capital's. do you think, mark murray, do you think any of this adds fuel to the fire over romney's tenure at bai? >> you know, craig, i think the danger for romney campaign is ther
capital came from foreign investors and the money actually came through corporations regist registered in panama which actually gave very preferential tax treatment. you didn't have to pay a whole lot of taxes. and so this story actually highlights the nebulous world of offshore accounts, tax perks for very wealthy folks that have been dogging mitt romney and his campaign now for a couple of weeks. >> there's the headline there of the article that you just mentioned, bain capital started...
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we did a lot of cruises, the caribbean, the panama canal, the north atlantic. 35-foot seas. that was exciting. she is a battleship. you take a look around and you will see why. this is where all the big decisions of the war were made back in world war ii in the '40s. you get chills coming into a place like this. we helped to shell korea, the russians were like, look at that ship. back in the '40s, during the conference, president roosevelt was on board the ship so he took this and used it as his taxi to go across the ocean to meet with churchill and stalin. he was in a wheelchair, as you know. this was where he stayed. because this is the only ship in the navy with a bathtub. past, present and future. president roosevelt took a bath in this bathtub. in the '80 they retro fitted the ship and these are for anti-aircraft and we could bombard the shore, too. they would fire 15 rounds a minute. here's one of her guns. 16 inch in diameter. i could fit in there. each one of these barrels, 67 feet long. fire a projectile 24 miles. one day i fired the guns, too. i did not hear the bo
we did a lot of cruises, the caribbean, the panama canal, the north atlantic. 35-foot seas. that was exciting. she is a battleship. you take a look around and you will see why. this is where all the big decisions of the war were made back in world war ii in the '40s. you get chills coming into a place like this. we helped to shell korea, the russians were like, look at that ship. back in the '40s, during the conference, president roosevelt was on board the ship so he took this and used it as...
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came on and work on my show, and even before that he was the chief salesman for jimmy carter for the panama canal treaty. you are talking about guts there. >> and it takes a lot of them, pat. and believe me, it does. >> also following you around when you were running for president was a dangerous thing to do but i did it anyway. >> but if i paid a dollar for "news ""i would put out a headline president cry baby because he can't take responsibility. he got everything he wanted passed and he blames everybody. why doesn't he take responsibility? >> have you ever known a president that doesn't blame the congress for what they don't get put through? and what are they doing? >> he didn't need the republican congress. >> let me ask bob the question. the news week, where they come from and rest of it, would they dare say barack obama, he has been a wimp, maybe they reached too far and do all these things like they did to george h.w. bush and like they are doing to romney. the left is being a caricature of itself. all the rotten comments and all the rest of it, i think they democrat their own credib
came on and work on my show, and even before that he was the chief salesman for jimmy carter for the panama canal treaty. you are talking about guts there. >> and it takes a lot of them, pat. and believe me, it does. >> also following you around when you were running for president was a dangerous thing to do but i did it anyway. >> but if i paid a dollar for "news ""i would put out a headline president cry baby because he can't take responsibility. he got...
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with the bushes, there was one particular ride, i think it was in panama city, but when the bush boys got in the back of the president's limo and they were talking, and every time -- you can't be alone with jeb bush for five minutes where he doesn't bring up the greatest man he's ever known. and then he starts talking about his dad. they would veer him away from the screen. they wou they revere him when nobody is looking, and what better judgment of a man that what his kids have to say about him when nobody is looking. >> that's absolutely true. in fact, the grandchildren do as well, and what's really interesting is barbara bush says that the family, because of the political life, the family was drawn closer together. >> well, there are two things, joe. you're exactly right. one is he was -- president bush was known as half-half when he was a kid because he would always -- if he had a dessert, he would say have half with whoever he was with. and he always said his greatest achievement is his kids still come home. >> yeah. that's a big one. >> your piece says family matters, and that's
with the bushes, there was one particular ride, i think it was in panama city, but when the bush boys got in the back of the president's limo and they were talking, and every time -- you can't be alone with jeb bush for five minutes where he doesn't bring up the greatest man he's ever known. and then he starts talking about his dad. they would veer him away from the screen. they wou they revere him when nobody is looking, and what better judgment of a man that what his kids have to say about...
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most financial investors money came from corporations registered in panama, then one of the world's most secretive business jurisdictions, offering a confidentiality intense advantages. previously unreleased details and other public records -- bain capital was emeshed in the largely opaque world of international high finance from its inception. romney faces increasing criticism for his own involvement in exotic offshore investment funds. that is front page of the chicago tribune this morning. and the lead story in the miami herald is -- in congress, few released their congress. nancy pelosi was an phatic. mitt romney the's to release more than two years of his tax return, it makes him unfit to win confirmation as a member of the president's cabinet, let alone hold the high office himself. harry reid went further. his refusal to make public tax record makes him unfit to be a dogcatcher. they do not think that standard of transparency should apply to them. the democratic leaders of the senate and house are among hundreds of senators and representatives from both parties who refused to rele
most financial investors money came from corporations registered in panama, then one of the world's most secretive business jurisdictions, offering a confidentiality intense advantages. previously unreleased details and other public records -- bain capital was emeshed in the largely opaque world of international high finance from its inception. romney faces increasing criticism for his own involvement in exotic offshore investment funds. that is front page of the chicago tribune this morning....
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mis fans no me dejan ni en las cuestas y han sido tan fieles conmigo, de mÉxico, venezuela, colombia, panamÁ, santo domingo, tdz los latinos siempre han estado siguiendo mis pasos y hacer eco de sus pra sh preocupaciones, pensamiento y problemas. >>> estamos felices de recibirte este viernes asÍ que prepÁrate que vas a recibir mucho cariÑo un beso y un abrazo a los dos y vamos a bailar desde que llegamos. >>> voy a hacer calentamiento estar ahÍ contigo. >>> gracias corazÓn. vii los quiero, buen dÍa. >>> chao. >>> un beso. ya viste prepÁrate. >>> por mÁs que se retire sigue siendo la caballota la gente la ama y la adora. pero ahora de costa a costa tenemos fiesta vamos con amelia y luis. por ahÍ me han dicho que hay ganas de juegos, veamos. . >>> aquÍ estamos celebrando. claro, todos los mariscos y llegÓ el momento de dar inicio a los juegos acuÁticos presentamos al equipo de sinaloa de este lado. (gritos y exclamaciones). y red esde este lado michoacÁn, platico, las chicas tienen que correr al final de la alberca, subirse a la balsa, remar llegar a que este extremo y subirse sob
mis fans no me dejan ni en las cuestas y han sido tan fieles conmigo, de mÉxico, venezuela, colombia, panamÁ, santo domingo, tdz los latinos siempre han estado siguiendo mis pasos y hacer eco de sus pra sh preocupaciones, pensamiento y problemas. >>> estamos felices de recibirte este viernes asÍ que prepÁrate que vas a recibir mucho cariÑo un beso y un abrazo a los dos y vamos a bailar desde que llegamos. >>> voy a hacer calentamiento estar ahÍ contigo. >>>...
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paying about $100 billion every single year by using tax havens in the cayman islands, in bermuda, panama and other countries. maybe, just maybe, before you cut social security and medicare, you might want to pass legislation to make those people start paying their fair share in taxes and do away with those tax havens. so, madam president, let me just conclude by saying we are in a pivotal moment in american history. if we as a nation do not get our act together, in my view, we will move even more rapidly in the direction of an oligarchy where you will have a few people on the top with incredible wealth controlling not only our economy but also through citizens united the political life of this country, and we're seeing that playing out right here on the floor of the senate with people who are turning their backs on working families and the middle class and at a time when the wealthiest people are doing phenomenally well, fighting for more tax breaks for people who absolutely don't need them. now, i hope the american people pay rapt attention to this debate and i hope the american people
paying about $100 billion every single year by using tax havens in the cayman islands, in bermuda, panama and other countries. maybe, just maybe, before you cut social security and medicare, you might want to pass legislation to make those people start paying their fair share in taxes and do away with those tax havens. so, madam president, let me just conclude by saying we are in a pivotal moment in american history. if we as a nation do not get our act together, in my view, we will move even...
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i was so pleased to see colombia, panama, and south korea be passed. mr. dreier: thank you very much, madam speaker. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly, for five minutes. mr. connolly: thank you, madam speaker. this month as america's families and businesses anxiously await congress' action on the expiration of any number of tax cuts, i thought it would be a good idea to ask ourselves again that question, what would ronald reagan do? let's query the gipper. after all, for the past three years all we have heard from republicans is the claim that president obama taxes too much. and when the tea party started its lobbying efforts in 2009, their name actually, tea, was an acronym standing for taxed enough already. just like the republican party, the tea party expressed an furor about what they thought was happening in taxes. while blind conjecture and pithy slogans are useful in getting attention, they ultimately fail unless they are backed by fac
i was so pleased to see colombia, panama, and south korea be passed. mr. dreier: thank you very much, madam speaker. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly, for five minutes. mr. connolly: thank you, madam speaker. this month as america's families and businesses anxiously await congress' action on the expiration of any number of tax cuts, i thought it would be a good idea to ask...